Number Format

Numbering range information

6 July 2008 - national expansion to 7-digit numbers

Digit '3' will be prepended to most
Existing 6-digit national wireline/fixed subscriber numbers will be changed
to new 7-digit national numbers beginning with '3' as of 6 July 2008.
In most cases, '3' is simply prepended to the existing 6-digit number.
But some communities will be split into their own ranges, where the digit
begins with '3', the next two digits are a new numbering, and the only last
four digits remain unaffected.

Mobile numbers which were already 7 digits remain unchanged at that time.

There was no indication whether there would be a permissive phase-in
period, or whether these changes were splash-cut where existing 6-digit
numbers are immediately invalid.